Pittsburgh police Officer Tonya Ford lives in a $220,000 residence, but her house isn't just a home, it's the headquarters for D&T Enterprises and Police Memories, a pair of companies that have Ford listed as the responsible officer.

Police Memories has a website that sells items with the Pittsburgh police department badge logo on them.

A bomb squad T-shirt, a SWAT team T-shirt, and a City of Champions coin with the Pittsburgh police badge insignia are other items listed on the website, but it says nothing about where the proceeds go. Police Memories is a for-profit company.

“This is a clear violation of ethics code,” said councilman and Pittsburgh mayoral candidate Bill Peduto.

The city's code of conduct forbids “employees from using official title, insignia or position in connection with any private business from which the public official or city employee receives compensation.”

Peduto told Channel 4 Action News investigator Jim Parsons that the city logo “belongs to the people of the city of Pittsburgh.”

“If a company wants to market it, we have new rules in place for marketing-based revenue opportunities. The people who benefit should be the taxpayers of the city of Pittsburgh, by law,” said Peduto.

Even with her private moonlighting, Ford still found time last year to earn plenty of overtime as a city officer. On top of her base salary of $61,000, Ford also put in enough overtime through the end of November to boost her annual compensation to more than $95,000.

“It's time to reform that bureau,” Mayor Luke Ravenstahl said on Friday.

Ravenstahl has vowed to bring in an independent counsel to investigate outside work by police officers, including Police Chief Nate Harper, but city controller Michael Lamb, another candidate for mayor, is critical of that.

“I don't think it's necessary for the mayor to hire a consultant to tell him what to do in this situation. I think the mayor's got to have a sit-down with the chief and have a talk,” said Lamb.

Ford said, "The logo we use on our merchandise is not identical to the city's logo."

Harper's office did not return a request for comment.

Ravenstahl's spokeswoman issued this statement to Channel 4 Action News: "The Mayor believes that reform does need to happen in the police bureau as it relates to crafting a clear-cut policy regarding police officers who work secondary jobs. To that end, the city will be hiring an outside legal expert who will review the current policies and procedures and make recommendations to tighten up the current practices."

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